Senate Organizational

Members if you all don't mind just find your seat if you don't have a seat just find an open one. We'll call this so organizational meeting to order. Madam secretary if you would please call the roll. Well it. Bryant. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Call here Davis. Thank. These DISMANG. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hickey Health. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Love. Mickey. Murdock. Murdock. Penzo. Padded. Price. Sign. Stahn. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. All right thank you members of owner of more innocent or electricity if you would please please come leaders in the prior and then the place. The predator recognized. Thank you list ballot. Day father we just want to pause pause and and an honor you for all that you do force and and heavenly father we thank you for the privilege to us to stand here and to represent the people of Arkansas we don't ever want to take that responsibility to lightly we thank you in advance for wisdom and guidance and we pray heavenly father that everything that we do bring honor and glory you yes this is your son's name amen. Agence. The United States of America and. Which it stands one nation under god indivisible are all. Okay members are first item on the agenda today is these were I have the election for the president pro tem of the ninety fourth the General Assembly the way this is going to work at I'm open up the for the nominations if we were to have multiple nominations what we'll do is we will we will pass out of balance and then we will have a that'll be done in the secret. They'll be totaled in those be brought back into the so at this time uh more open a fourth nomination for the president pro tem of the ninety four General Assembly. Senator Blake Johnson. Make a motion nominated senator bark Hester is a program for the. Okay we have a nomination for Senator bart Hester is pro tem of the ninety four General Assembly. Are there any other nominations. Could I have a motion the nomination cities. I have multiple no multiple motions of nominations the city's. I will do this by voice vote all in favor of Senator bart Hester as president pro tem of the ninety four General Assembly please say aye. Any opposed. I think that more than two years. Senator Hester. Well thank. Thank you very much members I think you'll still have me here in a few months I'll have a I'll have more of a speech prepared but this is a responsibility I take I take them with a significant amount of a diligence and I I want to thank Jimmy Hickey I mean this is this is a bigger job that I may need to separate and I've been here ten years I couldn't imagine doing this without without Jimmy Hickey has been the only way I can describe since the moment that I was elected he's been magnanimous towards me I mean we're two months out and offices are his offices already empties latitude you never wait to me nice I cannot thank you enough and I think that transitions going to matter to our entire body the way we move for treating each other anyway thank you for that Jimmy so. Okay so. Or get started members I want to go over a few housekeeping rules. we don't have buttons in the Senate some you have members maybe one or more they are we vote by vote of our voice of our hands and so when you get asked when your name is called if you're yes you say yes or yea and say like like ninety thousand people elected you right it's hard a lot of times it's really loud in here some for for the staff to hear you members to hear you say yes or yea if you're a no you say no or nay if you want to be president you say president. If you don't want to be recorded at all stay silent. Comes up will also work for yes a thumbs down will also work for no customarily we always run through it then after everyone is voted whoever's in the chair will say has everyone voted that wishes to vote or change their vote at that point you will have a chance to change your vote if you want to or if you didn't vote the first time three you have a chance to vote again so we're gonna have a chance to vote on several things here and please make your make your voice heard when that when that time comes. All right so I've now like to introduce us to our Senate staff so I want to start with the welcoming and corn well the Senate director thank you all know her we just want to say hello and. Steve cook is still with us for a little bit here but we welcome Stephen. Sabrina Llewellyn who I thank you if you don't know you will know very well very soon and she keeps everything in order around here in our constituents happy so thank you Sabrina well and. Leslie Rogers works of the constituents or Mrs well welcome or thank you for all the work you do less. John reed and others there John John he handles if you want to sound smart on doing a radio or the something written for you John handle that thank you John. Yeah we got some new members of some new staff in case you haven't seen but with Steve's retirement we have added a new US legal counsel slash parliamentarian that is philopatry Phillip regulate the heavy. And in the person's going to take up a lot of the brunt of the beatings the session on behalf of me when I do things wrong we have Zachary rockers in the back he will be assisting me and all you this session. Yeah Zakri there is in the back corner and he will I'll get you all his cell phone number very soon. Okay so the next item for item number two on the agenda is the recommendation from the ethics committee to the ninety fourth General Assembly that the loss of seniority for Senator Alan Clark be sustained and he remained at the position thirty five. I'm gonna ask you Senator Kim Hammer if you would like to come make a motion regarding that agenda item. Senator Hammer you're recognized. Thank you Mr chairman make a motion that the Senate up hold the recommendation of Senate ethics committee to suspend Senator Clark to the thirty fifth position make that motion. We would like to speak for or against the motion. Senator Alan Clark. Senator Clark you're recognized. Thank you Mr president. I don't really want to speak don't expect to change anything but. The. To punish someone who's not guilty. Of is a serious thing and for those of you. Of. Who might not know of I think I owe it to you to at least present some facts. Of what I was charge with was falling for was charged. Thanks George. When I begin to investigate. The member had. Receive sixty four hundred dollars. In pretty on for an attended four days. I couldn't make the numbers out. I kept trying and I'm a math guy kept trying and trying to could make him out of. And finally. I tried something and it worked. And what work was. I had it in we can't. And then I had my per diem pulled hello to my party. Sure enough. I was getting paid per diem for weekends. Then again to do some investigation I talked to pass pro tem's past speakers. And found that the decade old practice that went back at least eighty nine a trace to back that far no goes back further but although we started in two thousand fifteen and started again in two thousand seventeen. Then I thought I don't really want to be the guy to bring this out. Six hundred thirty four other people besides me I don't think it's right. We've actually said it's not right we said you shouldn't get paid for not attending meetings. Of course I had the issue I was already looking at. Remember that got paid sixty four hundred dollars. For expenses. And only intended for days. And I fold that ethics charge. And I thought. That that member would probably figure it out and bring it out and they did no there's nothing in the report. But they did figure it out. The center and said senator Clark how many days a week for you paid for. I said seven. When I was asked if I want to withdraw this charge. I said no. When all is said nope in order to follow charge it says here under rule twenty four oh nine any member of the Senate who has good reason to believe that a member or members of the Senate have violated the Senate's code of ethics ethics may petition the Senate ethics committee. To meet in a public forum an executive session to conduct an investigation regarding the alleged violation. Why did reasonably. Number six sixty four hundred dollars and only intended for days. We have had Jill thirds to stood here before us and told us that was against the rules and that member has stood right here in the well and quoted that rule. Have their own bills so I could reason to believe. But what I was told withdrawal that there's no need to be to withdraw that this committee could say Hey. No harm no foul we. We don't think they're really meant to do anything wrong. But I just didn't just say no I said but. Even though they paid money back they're still question thirty four hundred dollars. The only intended for thanks sought in the report. It wasn't that I wanted anybody to be punished that wasn't something even the member was responsible for that was something for the ethics committee to look at and say. Should we be getting paid for the weekends and especially for not here at all. If that's not an ethics questions I don't know what else I was told later by leadership but that's actually what we decided not I think way more this body in the house to that anybody ever decided. That we would pay members. Expenses for weekends that they never came on the can you imagine that all of us never came and we paid us all expenses for weekends. No possible way. So four thousand dollars has been paid back. That can't be. A frivolous chart. Half million dollars per session that goes out for a weekend per diem is in question I can imagine that we would continue this practice surely we want that can't be frivolous. Senator Blake Johnson for border. This. The body and voted on that that is not germane to the for the motion. Discussion and. Sir Clark we ask you talk about the motion is not about the facts thank you thank you and I will the reason I believe it is about the motion motion is about my punishment. For violating a rule. And I am running out why believe the rule is not violated but I move over. Many of you know me for ten years. No the also the eighteen page report. Senate. I wore a scarlet letter. I did. Not. What that has to do with the frivolous charge I can't take it it seems to you know of a political protest. First amendment is protected first amendment speech that may make you very angry. But it has nothing to the fertile Sturch it said that I had threatened the Senate multiple times. That's not against the rules but it's also not true. The evidence that was presented was one newspaper article. And some. Facebook post. What is true. Is that I have defended members of this body. Numerous times. Linda Collins Bryan King Stephanie flowers jim Hendren who was a perfectly fine to Cecile Bledsoe. Bart Hester and others who mention because you don't even know you were attacked. And so offended Mark Johnson and in this case it was in the paper in this case I set a bar in the house and that's the only thing I sent what what through all the articles in it And notes on things that this is the only thing was brought out and by saying aye burn the house down a method in that July meeting. That I would bring out other things more serious things that could've been bows at the charges. And perfect under perfect consideration I did not. Never said anything else but any of you anyway. Which is more what you would expect it from me from the last ten years. The Facebook posts that were presented as evidence once a Sunday school lesson. You know about king David. And you know and one the first thing Senate because a friend had brought up to me years ago that well the first thing stated business as what's the reward and right there in and it says you know first thing is make sure you get paid well if it was a this who in the world would pay me. Ill call Mars is the one who first said that it had something to that I saw it here's following Tom marks. It is ridiculous said nothing to there and then the other is something to from jim Croce operate up if you know anything about popular culture jim Croce is singing about the guy the depressed standing in a phone booth. Having no one to talk to. But the operator in tears not exactly a threat. The only Facebook post made in all that time that mentioned the Senate. Was a defense of Bill sample. Please leave him alone. Because people were coming after him because he made the motion to turn me over to a prosecutor. Yet it was said that I did this because Senator flowers second motion. Sir Clark from an asset you talk about the motion. Less less about the fact that we're we've given you some time and I'll give you some more but try to stay on the fast the motion thank you. Like I said I didn't expect to change your minds people are politically invested some people are angry. I'm truly disappointed. I used to really care what you thought. I would have thought. That you would know me better. And some of you did and didn't have the courage to stand. This thing about protecting the Senate in sacrificing me. I can handle anything that you do all I couldn't but with god I can. I'd rather be me. In any of those that are doing this. It's all about protecting the name of the Senate. This is embarrassing but it ain't because of me. Senator Clark I spoke against the motion would anyone like to speak for the motion. Against the motion. Senate you're recognized for substitute motion. Thank you Mr. Members I was part of the ninety third General Assembly but not the Senate and as a new coming member of the Senate we're here to organize the ninety fourth General Assembly and As I look at the options of voting for or against the motion that was offered. I couldn't find a comfort zone for me I was not part of the litigation and the and the arguments that were made and I understand Senator Clark coming to defend itself I've not spoken with him at all since all those proceedings I watched a lot of them on on the TV. But the bottom line is I felt like if I was to vote for this motion. To set his seniority of thirty five for the ninety fourth General Assembly. That I would be voting for further punishment. I do want to respect. The decision of the ninety third. General Assembly and the punishment that they imposed which was to strip him of his seniority. And so. It seems that if I vote against the motion. To sediment thirty five then I'm. Then I'm voting against the penalties that were imposed by the ninety third General Assembly and I don't want to do that if I vote for the motion that sets it seniority at thirty five I feel like I'm voting to impose further penalty than what the ninety third General Assembly had. To had authority to do so my substitute motion is this. That we. Respect the decision of the ninety third General Assembly and the fact that they stripped Senator Clark of his seniority and that he come in to the ninety fourth as. A freshman like myself. That instead of setting his. Seniority of thirty five that he draw with the rest of the freshman. With this prior service not recognized. So my. Substitute motion is that. That he would draw with the rest of us knew coming members and his seniority and for our membership would not be recognized. Thank you. Senator Hickey you're recognized to speak on the motion. Senator Teague you're recognized for a substitute of a substitute motion. Yes I'd like to make a motion that we oppose the US Senate ethics committees recommendation with one small change in that the day before we come into the session it says that the timely ended the eleven fifty nine or backed it up to eleven fifty eight so we comply with the rules of the change thank you. Okay Senator Hickey has substance to substitute all those in Senate so feel you like to speak for or against the motion. I can. Hey Senator Hickey we are by your motion. Bye motion as a substitute to the substitute which is allowed the only thing is you cannot go back to the original motion the exactly the way it is so what I'm doing is I'm changing the the time so that will be the motion before us thank you. All those in favor Senator Hickey's motion sick about signify by saying aye. Opposed say no. Motion carries. Moving on to item three. A recommendation interpretations Senate rule seven point oh five a seniority concerning previous senatorial service. Senate Chesterfield you're recognized. That was a substitute motion does not have to then be voted on as the main motion or do we do that in the Senate. That was a substitute motion does it have to be in the voted on as the main motion or is that not what Mason's requires. Once it is taking place in the in one it is voted upon it becomes the main motion in most parliamentary procedure and then we vote on it as the main motion four hundred masons once a substitute is taking place is it just automatically the main motion. This is. I'm asking. But in many parliamentary areas the one the substitute is offered in then becomes the main motion and a second vote is taken and so I'm asking you if that is necessary under Senate rules it is not okay that's what I need no thank you. All. So Senate Johnson you're recognized for parliamentary inquiry and this is simply I guess it's for state it may be from the chair of the motion passed to sustain or shall I say continue the. Page but recommended on Senator Clark in the ninety third General Assembly. and it's my recollection is it would be continued through the ninety fourth General Assembly to I guess the end of the ninety four generals. At that point with that. seniority eight thirty five. Remain or would be re referred send me for example Sir Clark road for your term today in the ninety fifth would he referred to his previous position of seniority. Has that been clarified I think my interpretation of that is he is now thirty five if there any changes he moved thirty four thirty three on on as if he was thirty five it would not be continued on past the ninety first General Assembly those are cal Council concur in that. Eleven fifty. The question is is we're only talking about seniority starting a ninety four General Assembly will will Senator Clark specific in thirty five have the ability to move up or will be thirty five in perpetuity. My question is if in the future at the end of the vote for. Would Senator Clark seniority go back to what it would have been otherwise for will he be restored to worry laws or is this an effective lasting punishment aged thirty five he might move up to thirty six thirty four thirty three whatever I thought I'm I'm I know that this may be more technical may require require okay but I did want to get inquire if at all possible and I'll withdraw my or just because it's already confusing and well I think I think Senator Johnson's Inquirer was Is. Not confuse myself when I had a very clear answer but Yes senator Hammer. My dress with thank you senator Clark should means senator Johnson's intention you can clarify that is would that be okay with the chair I thank question is that based upon what we just voted that one comes the next time around in the next General Assembly meets will Senator Clark referred back to where he is prior to that or will he for example five new senators come in next time he would go from thirty five to thirty and resume there is that I think the No it's is it through thirty five today and everything else remains the same just like any other member so it's it's as if he came in through thirty five. And so all all of the rules will remain just like any other member. So the only thing we're we're choosing vases Senator Clark is thirty five the nothing nothing else beyond that. Okay moving on to item number three recommendation termination Senate rule seven point oh five a seniority concerning previous senatorial service this is involving senator Bryan King my interpretation of that rule is that senator Bryan King has previous service and therefore he will be number one in his class. Was there any discussion on my interpretation. So without objection Senator Teague will be number one in his class. Seeing no objection moving on item number for discussion adoption of Senate rules for the ninety fourth General Assembly. I guess I need somebody to come take the chair Senator Dismang or Senator Hickey would you centers my. Senator Hester you're recognized as in a rule change. Some members I'm gonna propose we follow the house's lead which is something we should rarely do. But the the house has a rule that allows members to trade committees. and I'm I'm making or a proposal of a rule change that we can trade committees and a committee for a Committee beef Committee for B. committee or a or B. four C.. during today only. and you will not be able to trade a vice chair or chair position so only members position and it all has to be signed off by the minority leader for the Majority Leader whichever party or in and the newly elected pro tem so I'm happy to answer any questions. Members you've heard expectation of the rule change with any questions. If you're recognized for a question. Just just for complete clarification he said today we need you want to put a time on it or are we saying. Midnighter or have you want to do that just so that everything will be clear so I would say close of business today which I will say that I'm. Let's say twenty minutes after the last what's the last thing on our agenda here. Say twenty minutes after item thirteen is finished so this section parking space selection twenty minutes after that four five o'clock whichever comes second thank you senator. All right members any other questions. Would anyone like any other discussion on the motion for the rule change. For or against seeing none to history like to close think I'm close fight with that got a motion to adopt this rule change related to the trading of committees all those in favor signify by saying aye. All those opposed motion carries. Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized for a rule change proposal. Members the proposed rule change seven point oh one B. two the we changes and I think two thousand nineteen reflect the percentage of the body and this change will be said the standing committees shall be composed of at least. New new new is six members of the majority party and the minority minority party shall have no more than two members new warning. I make a motion. Okay so Senator Chesterfield you're recognized to speak against the motion. Thank you Mr ladies and gentlemen of the Senate I'm one of those who understands that when trains are rolling and I'm about to get run over back of blues but I would be remiss if I did not say that I think this is a poor rule. There is absolutely nothing six people can do to diminish about. Not anything. You have one and you have one greatly. And now we would be so small as to say that if three of us had an interest in a Committee too bad to say. Too bad to say and that's exactly what you're saying and that's fine if that's what you want to do but I don't think it speaks well of this body that I have known all these years as a deliver to body that has been expansive and allowing the intercourse of conversation. And what you are doing now is diminishing the ability to your anything that does not agree with what your thought processes are that is not what the Senate is about thank you. Would anyone like to speak for the motion. Against the motion Senator Clarke Tucker you're recognized to speak against the motion. Thank you Mr president. I'm not a big fan of of partisanship and some of my democratic friends might actually not like to hear me say that but it's the truth I don't like a label being put on me and I frankly I don't like putting labels on other people I think it limits as as individuals I think it limits us as an institution and because of that it limits our potential as a state I think parties the idea of parties is a means to an end that end being policy but in politics in America these days it seems like parties to become an end in themselves. Winning for winning say no matter what where when it becomes more important than what you've won and a lot of cases what you've lost in the process as well now I'm not ignorant to the political reality that senator Chesterfield alluded to. Hi and the fact that we have to operate within that reality that reality is in the ninety fourth General Assembly twenty nine senators were elected as Republicans and six were elected as Democrats. Anna Senator L. Chesterfield eloquently said. Why why I have this rule with those numbers there's nothing that the six members of the minority party can do to stop any legislation that comes out ultimately so why have the rule as a practical matter I'm not sure this actually is going to affect any committees that any of the democratic member select anyway which makes it even further unimportant or irrelevant but beyond the practicalities of it there's a bigger issue here in my opinion this is what senator Chesterfield was getting at. We're going to have those labels put on us a Democrat Republican other labels as well that we may not like very much but there's one label that all thirty five of us have in this chamber and that label Senator. That label Senator. And that means a lot of different things one of the most important meetings it has is that we're here representing ninety thousand people in the state. Now it's not a coincidence that any of you are here representing your districts your constituents chose you. Well senator Chesterfield constituents chose her to be their voice to be there Senator the same for Senator Leding and senator flowers senator for loving Murdock and myself. The way this institution is always operated is that once you're here everyone's voices equal. And what this rule says is everyone's voice is equal unless you're a Democrat. And the committee selection process. And we're chipping away at what that word Senator means. And when you start to chip away at it. You don't know where the next steps are coming. So. I think this rule lowers this institution and I think it's a poor way to start off the ninety fourth General Assembly. Sir Clark spoke against the motion we would like to speak for the motion saying on Senator Leding you're recognized to speak against the motion. Thank you Mr president I will be brief my colleagues made most of the points I just wanted to refer back to the story that I had the fortune to share last night orientation meeting right talk about some of the very important bipartisan work they were able to do I know we will have partisan fights in here but the from welding amount of the work to be doing here doesn't fall across partisan lines we're all working together on issues to better serve our Kansans and as I said last night you never know what you're gonna get that vote that you need and so there are just six of us what we would need this rule to further restrict for any of us choose they would be best able to serve their constituents by picking a Committee I just think goes against the whole spirit of why we're here so I would ask that you vote no thank you. Several a spoke against the motion we would like to speak for the motion. Against the motion. Senator flowers you're recognized to speak against the motion. Thank you Mr president. I just like to say I have no. Clue one of rules such as this is necessary. Like my colleague said. We're down to six now Democrats in this body. There is no reasonable explanation for changing this rule. It used to be that we could choose our committees and. We could have for. On the Committee. From the minority party. Or maybe we had the tainted to three. And three still wasn't enough to defeat a bill committees are made up of eight members it takes five members to pass the bill. So I don't understand the point of this I was elected justice Senator Clark senator Chesterfield Senator Leding said. I came here to represent the people in district eight. I hope you will allow me to do that. And allow other members. In the minority party to do that we need to know what it is that we are deliberating on in this body and sometimes. The subject matter of the committee might be more important for one part of the state maybe the part of the state that I represent. And maybe two other colleagues on the democratic side. Feel the same way. Should we be shut out. The been having some. Input impact into those kinds of decisions. I come from Southeast Arkansas. A rule part of the state. You have to look at the makeup of the body where the most members from. I welcome the new members even those that are. Laughing I don't know when the last scene At me or what but hope that we can all get along. I understand that I'm human I represent our Kansans just like you all do. In the majority party I think this rule is wrong I think what before we start changing rules we need to consider the reason for changing rules. What's behind the change what are you trying to do. What's the impact going to be. I appreciate a novel. Senator flowers against the motion would like to speak for the motion. Against the motion. Senior center Johnson would you like to close I guess to close for the motion. Members this rule change represents the elective will of the people of Arkansas and mirrors the percentage in this body and I would appreciate a good vote. All those in favor of this rule changes. Okay. Members remember we talked about this hi Ms up for boys vote by may or president or if you say nothing your salami heard but director former please call the roll Boyd hi Brian. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. The yes Davis. These. DISMANG. DISMANG. Dotson English. But. Flowers. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester Hickey. Hickey. Health. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Love. The key. Murdock. Payton Penzo. Petty. Rice. Stan. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. Remember though that has not or change their vote Senator Irvin hi. Any other members. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of twenty four year a six nine one present for non voting Senator Blake Johnson this rule. Four seven point oh one B. two passes. Senator mark Johnson you're recognized for a rule change proposal. Thank you Mr president. Of for those over the new I apologize you haven't seen this before for those you the returning senators this was the rule change that I handed out to you during our last meeting and it just clarifies the responsibility and procedures of the Senate ethics committee it takes away. The executive session and twenty four point zero eight. Five. And it adds this section and twenty four point ten on procedures it the. The biggest change is that it means that this committee like every other committee and the General Assembly as a whole does its business in public the claimant responded in any ethics complaint shall make their statements in public all witness testimony will be in public and the respondent has a right to retain counsel and have such counsel at the ethics committee meeting and the respondents council shall be allowed to direct questions to the respondent the claimant and any witness and these are constitutional rights that are enshrined for just about any. Tribunal of any kind in the United States of America these constitutional rights are guaranteed it also states that the ethics committee hearing shall be live stream and all testimony recorded and archived as we do our standing committees as well as our special committees Legislative Council audit and Health C.. the final thing is says the S. ethics committee may only meet deliberate in executive session after all testimony has been heard from the claimants and respondents and from all witnesses the claimant the Committee made deliberate but not vote in executive session. Any findings and recommendations by the ethics committee shall take place by public vote those of you that have served on different to boards or commissions or city councils or a quorum court's know that that's how we do business in Arkansas sometimes there may be an executive session but before an official action is taken you come back in the public and the public's business is done in the sunshine so this is to me a clean up thing I don't in anyway disparage the authors of the. Previous ethics rule because we're kind of feeling our way along and trying to do things right but I think a recent situation at least for my the point showed that we need a little bit more openness and a little bit more transparency and a little bit more due process so I would appreciate a positive vote on this rule change be happy to answer any questions if there are any mission Mr president there any questions Senator Mark Johnson Senator Solomon you're recognized for a question this is address the issue of a someone who's charge to withdraw their complaint right right you're just prior to determination the senator I would not affect that in my opinion Senator Solomon one way or the other so it doesn't change the existing rule on that particular point okay thank you. Any other questions. Seeing Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized for a question. The Committee about this this is this are you a member of that committee no Sir Senator Johnson you might recall I handed this out at our last meeting when the I say the last meeting the one of the last meetings we met as a Senate business meeting I handed this out and I was originally going to have it considered at that point Senator Hickey had an amendment that would require a more than one senator to to actually make a complaint to the committee and that rules that change passed and I voted for that and handed this out but decided it would be best to hold it until we had this meeting and I also maybe you might recall I ask if you had any ideas or changes I would be open to amending the draft of this no one contacted me to make any changes so I decide this we just go on like it was I tried to keep the changes minimal about transparency due process in the right of an accused to have attorney or the council president. But I did make that and handed out to everyone during the last meeting we had but not specifically to the ethics committee. Any other questions C. number you would like to speak against the motion Senator Hammer. You're recognized to speak against the motion. Members I would just ask you to consider something when you cast his vote and that is that they're sensitive matters are dealt with that in cases such as what we have had to deal with not once but twice in the past that it is to the best interest I think of everybody that there's the ability for the chair to be able to put this into executive session and if you want to use a comparison such as school boards for example that go into executive session this is not like we're trying to hide anything this is to the best interest of the process and as a previous chair I would just encourage you to weigh heavily and I would encourage you not to vote for this thank you. We would like to speak for the motion against the motion Senator Dismang you're recognized to speak against the motion. I mean the person I'd say is thank you for looking at the ethics rules I do that I do not I don't think there pursuit I don't think anybody in this room thinks they are you know we wonder when some things that we've never experienced before as a body or the chamber in you know you would expect you're going to flush out some issues I don't think that necessarily all those are fleshed out with this particular rule change in some of them I have some great concerns about with that I mean I would say and I thought we were headed with the ethics committee and really is a chamber was to have a more robust conversation about change that would be needed need to be made and in fact when I could rattle off several at the exchanges that I would like to see made not just for the process but as we conduct ourselves here in the chamber with that I would ask that we you know take some time you've got a new members out here that have never seen this language and I think it's important that it is fully vetted because you know having an attorney here and acting like that you know and and giving them the right to conduct their cells that would like to see fit and that's a concern of mine and I think we need to fully flesh that out as membership with additional changes that need to be made traffic rules. Thank. Would anyone like to speak for the motion. Against the motion Senator Clarke Tucker did you wanna speak no. Okay Hey Ann and I will say from the chair that there is a significant portion of our next orientation meeting involved around ethics and reworking this this language Senator Irvin you would like to speak against Senator would like to speak against the motion. I'm gonna keep this brief and just agree with the folks that of spoke against us. There are things that could be sensitive in nature that affect. Each of us differently. We all look alike. And stairs there may be some issues in the future that would require an executive session to protect. Some of those very private intimate details that could be a part of anything like that so I do believe it's very important that the Catholics Committee have the ability to go into an executive session so that the process can can really. B. as thoughtful as possible so I'd ask you to vote against the motion. Would anyone like to speak for the motion. Senator Alan Clark you're recognized to speak for the motion. Once again another thing it's gonna make a difference. Three things that ought to be said. All the arguments for secrecy. Almost never. The end up being what happens. The sensitive things whatever however well intentioned or normally what's protected. What happens is all the hours of. Questions to based discussion university you never hear any of it. Whoever's charged. Either you don't feel like you want to talk to them. Or they don't talk to but I sure you no matter what is the word gets back to you. And whether you talk to one or two still order the ethics committee. No beyond that on the Attorney. From the very fact that we had a motion. And we had had a motion that people be turned over to prosecutors it certainly things could be turned over to prosecutors in the fact that that you can't have an attorney and can't have that attorneys before you it is one of the craziest things I've ever heard so maybe you don't do it today but you certainly ought to do it. And the. I would rather wait until you're sitting there and you get to experience it but but you really want to change it I can assure you. Sir Clark spoken for the motion would you like to speak against the motion. Seeing none Senator Mark Johnson would you like to close your motion. Mr president I take to heart Senator Dismang comment about the entire body working on this if I could have your insurance this could be a agenda item for a December meeting where we can give everyone a chance to think about it for a little while maybe this time when I said I gave this out to you pay attention if you got some good ideas I want to hear on and let's deliberate let's come up with something good and with your acquiescence in in pledge on that I'll be happy to withdraw this motion and and ask it be placed on our agenda for the December meeting. Senator Mark Johnson you have my commitment we will discuss ethics and and this proposal specifically thank you Mr president I think you can always take a little more brushing up thank you thank you members thank you. Okay members at this time we're gonna vote on our entire rules as amended with the two members that did pass so this next vote by voice vote we're gonna vote on our rules as amended with the two rules that we just passed. For the ninety first General Assembly all those in favor say aye. se NO. Motion carries. We're gonna move on the agenda item number five newly elected members of the Senate draw for seniority that's tab three. And you will be called up by your district number. So if you guys can go ahead and fill in Senator Teague for number twenty two. Senator senator elect Matt Stam District two. If you come down and draw. Here. Senator stand is thirty. Thank you thirty in seniority. Let a pro. To like travel is. In a manner. Senate select committee. The key is twenty four. Senator Leding Murdock. Central like Murdock is twenty three. Centrelink Love. District fifteen. To tackle is thirty three. Sir Clark Payton. Syntek Payton is thirty two. Senator Blake Boyd. District twenty seven. This state senator Boyd is twenty six. Center city center king is twenty two. Central AR Petty. Senator Petty is twenty seven. Senator like Penzo. Penzo is twenty five. Central plant. To like Bryant is twenty. Senator Blake Dotson. Blake Dotson is thirty four. Senator Blake Davies can get yours now absolutely absolutely that is in there. Okay. Senator Blake Davis is thirty one. Okay moving on to agenda item number six all Senators draw by seniority for two or four year terms they're eighteen two year terms and seventeen four year terms. Senate Chesterville. Please refer to use or force. Merry Christmas yes. Senate bill directed. Senator flowers. With. So members as a parent you need to twist when you get up here residents tried open. To send flowers directed. Senator Irvin. Senator Irvin do for. Senator Dismang. What you do our twenty one. To this my direct to I didn't twist right. Senator Caldwell. Senator Caldwell due for. Senator English. You need. Senator English to a four X.. Senator Stubblefield. Senator Stubblefield due to. Senator Hickey. Senator Hickey direct to. Senator Hester. Senator Hester did. Senator Flippo. Senator Flippo direct to. Senator Rice. Senator Rice direct to. Senator Blake Johnson. Senator Blake Johnson for. Senator Wallace. Senator Wallace direct to. Senator Davis. Senator Davis direct to. Senator hill. Senator hill drive for. Senator Mark Johnson. This. Ticket or. Senator Mark Johnson direct to. Senator Leding. Senator Leding drive for. Senator Hammer. Senator hammer drill for. Senator Solomon. Senator Solomon due to. Senator Tucker. Senator Tucker drove for. Senator Gilmore. Senator Gilmore direct to. Senator king. Senator king picked. For. Senator Murdock. Senator Murdock to a four. Senator McKee. Senator Ricky direct to. Senator Penzo. Sent to a four. Thank you. Centreboard. The board after a four. Thank you senator Patty. Senator Petty direct to. Senator Breanne. Senator bright dress for. Senator crawl. To to crawl through a two. Senator son. Senator staff through a. For. Thank you. It is. Senator days to a four. Thank you. Senator Pitsch. Payton through a two. Thank you. Senator love. Senator live drive for. For. Senator Johnson. Senator Johnson direct to. Senator Clark. Senator Clark dressed for. Thank you. Okay we're gonna we're gonna move on the item number seven I think we're going to take just a quick break. So if the if the Democrats would like to meet the pro tem Office unless are you all prepared to announce your. no so the Democrat or take five minutes the Democrats want to go to the pro tem Office the Republicans want to go to the quiet room will take five or ten minutes here and then we'll we'll come back to run recess ten minutes. All. Okay members if you can take your seats will get go on. So on item number seven. The Majority Leader is Blake Johnson. The minority the majority whip. Is Ricky Hill. And we're going to move the minority leader in the minority with soon after. after Adam ten. So we'll be talking about the minority leader in the minority whip after item ten. It may give that. Okay. On to number eight committee selections. So Hey when you when you make a selection they will. Secretary Cornwell will say your name. There will not be a time restraint unless you take to all. So circuit court ruled will say your name and then you can just say it as well you know loudly so we understand everybody here's what what you're picking because everybody's going to be keeping up but Steve cook will be riding in on the on the board here your first round are you can pick an eighty. B. or C. committee with your first aid B. or C. with your first pick. And only majority member members can share. Okay. I guess radio one. Senator flowers. Senator flowers vice chair Judy H.. Irving. Irving chair of public health. DISMANG. DISMANG member education. Caldwell. Caldwell chair of Agra. English. English chair of education. Stubblefield. Stubblefield chair of judiciary. Hickey. Hickey chair Revenue and Tax. Hester. Hester member education. Flippo. Shares. Flippo. Chair of. Which one. City council. Flippo chair of city council. Rice. Rice vice chair city council. Blake Johnson. Chair which chair trying to of state agencies state agencies. Wallace. Wallace member of public health. Davis. Davis member education. Hello. Hillman co chair Insurance and Commerce. Mark Johnson. I Mark Johnson chair of transportation. Leding. Leding member education. Hammer. Hammer member education. Sullivan. Sullivan vice chair public health. Tucker. Tucker vice chair state agencies. Gilmore. Gilmore member Judiciary. King. King member of public health. Murdock. Murdock vice chair Insurance and Commerce. The key. My key member Judiciary. Penzo. Penzo member public health. Boyd. Board member public health. Petty. Petty vice chair. Just a member or vice chair. Vice chair Revenue and Tax. Right. Bright member education and that causes education. Kershaw. Carl a member of Revenue and Tax. Stein. What to do. Centrist I'm which one. At. Thanks chair of Agra. Okay bastion OR chairback. These. Your vice chair of transportation. Revenue and Tax member Revenue and Tax that's dis. Payton member of Revenue and Tax. Love. Love member of public health. Dotson. Dotson member of judiciary. Clark. Clark member of judiciary. Chesterfield. Chesterfield vice chair of. Okay. A member of transportation okay. Flowers. Flowers member of state agencies. Irving. Remember insurance and commerce Senator Irvin. Yes my. DISMANG member Insurance and Commerce. Caldwell. Caldwell member Revenue and Tax. English. English member city county local. Stubblefield. Which one. City county local. Stubblefield member city county local. Hickey. Hickey member Insurance and Commerce. Hester. Hester member state agencies. Flippo. Flippo member of public health. Now public health is closed. Rice. Transportation. Rice. Did you get that member of transportation. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Member of revenue and tax. Wallace. Wallace member of Agra. Davis. Okay. First film. Just hold on forms okay. I believe we just finished with Wallace I'm calm Davis. Davis a member of Agra. Health. Senator Hill member of revenue and Tax that closes Revenue and Tax. I Johnson. Johnson Mark Johnson member of insurance and commerce. Leding. Leding. Member of Agra. That is what he said this. Hammer. Hammer member city county local. Sullivan. Sullivan member city county local. Tucker. Tucker. Tucker member of judiciary. Gilmore. Gilmore member of Agra. King. A. king member of state agencies. Murdock. Not member transportation. Makey. Making a member city county local. Senate because this city county local Senate. All right down on. City council. Penzo. Ten thousand member of insurance and commerce. Boyd. Well it member of insurance and commerce. That closes insurance and commerce. Petty. Petty member city county local. That closes city county local. Bryant. Transportation. Brian. Member of transportation. Crowle. A. Kroll state agencies. Senator Breanne. One. We do have him as a member. Yeah okay. Staffan. Staff members transportation. These. These member of Agra. Hi. Payton member of state agencies. Love. Which one add some I mean a lot of members state eight of of Agra and that closes Agra. Dotson. Dotson member state agencies and that causes state agencies. Clark. Member of transportation. Okay there may to positions open that the pro tem one name and that will be the chair a vice chair of transportation and a member of the judiciary those are the two open slots. Now we're gonna. Would you know if you're gonna line. You have to do anything. Okay. Now we'll go to the Senate joint committees. And select committees and that'll be this board. You can't be too vice chairs. Yeah. The truck. Yeah. Okay Senator Chesterfield. Member of which. Member of joint retirement. Six. No that's options that. That's correct. Chesterfield member of retirement. Flowers. Thank. Okay flowers member of energy. Irving. Irving member of Joint Energy. This mine. Member. Yeah. DISMANG member Joint formats Review. Caldwell. Caldwell member of Joint Energy. English. English member of Joint Energy. Stubblefield. Stubblefield member of Joint Energy. Hickey. Hanky. Member of efficiency. Hester. Hester member of efficiency. Let. Flippo member of joint performance review. Rice. Rei's member of John performance review. Blake Johnson. Fite Johnson member of Joint Energy. Wallace. Wallace member of joint performance review. Davis. This. Okay Davis chair of efficiency. Hello. Health member of Joint Energy. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson vice chair of joint forty site. I mark Johnson a member of Joint Energy. Wallace. I'm sorry what sorry I'm Leding I was on the wrong Johnson. Leding. Vice chair of the joint retirement. Hammer. Hammer chair of the joint performance review. Sullivan. Sullivan vice chair John for here already. You can't do. You have to be a member. A member of Joint foreman's Review Sullivan. Thank you. Sullivan. Tucker. Tucker member of efficiency. Gilmore. Jerry. Gilmore chair of Joint Energy. King. Share share. King chair of children use. Murdock. Murdock member of joint performance review. Thank you. The key bash chair Joint Energy. Joint Energy is filled. Penzo. Well it. Well it. J. P. R.. Board member a joint performance review. Petty. Petty member. Joint performance for you. Bryant. Brian vice chair of joint performance review. Coral. Carl member of efficiency. Staff. Staff member of efficiency. DES. These vast chair of efficiency. Thank. Payton chair of retirement. Love. Love vice chair of rules. Dotson. Dotson member of efficiency. Clark. Clark vice chair children and youth. Chesterfield. Chesterfield member of efficiency. Flowers. Senator flowers member of rules. Irving. Irving member of the fission say. Efficiency is filled. DISMANG. DISMANG member of rules. Caldwell. Caldwell member of rules. English. English member of children and use. Stubblefield. Stubblefield member of rules. Hickey. Hickey. These are. Hickey member of retirement. What you just said. Or. Hester. Hester member of children youth. Let. Flippo member of rules. Rice. Eight rice. Hi six. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson rules member. Leding. Leding member of rules. It's just IBM say. Leding member of rules. This. Yeah. Hello everyone wanted to strip down to. Okay. We got Blake Johnson okay Wallace rules. Wallace member of rules. I walked Johnson. Wallace. Wallace is rules. Davis. I. Davis member of retirement. Hello. Hello member of rules and that closes rules. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. I Mark Johnson member of retirement. Leding. Now. I went to the wrong Johnson. Leding member of children and youth. Hammer. Hammer member of retirement. Sullivan. Sullivan member of children and youth. Tucker. Tucker member of retirement. Gilmore. Gilmore member of children use. King. Our. Ink member of retirement. Murdock. Murdock member of retirement and that closes retirement. Thank you. The key children and youth. Penzo. Penzo Children and Youth. Boyd. Allen. Boyd Children and Youth. Hi. Second place. The joint and select. Senator Hester worries. Senator Hester. We have we've completed the committee section remove on a number nine and the agenda congressional caucus meetings to assist to select members of Legislative Council and legislative joint. Audit. So district one. If you're a member if you are member district congressional district one you're going to room two zero five. If your district to cover the third for conference room. Right over here. Right in the conference room right off the right by the mill where mailboxes are. District three go to the pro tem Office. District four go to the quiet room. So the district for quiet room district three pro tem office district to the third floor conference room next to the mail district one go to room two zero five we're picking members of the Legislative Council and legislative joint audit. Sure and bring them back to a in as soon as you get it filled out bring it back to an. Hey members members if you take your seats. I understand. Hey what members were going to say we're going to pause number nine. And number ten for a little bit while the while the wall We work on a few more things in just for the sake of time we're going to move on to section eleven. Chamber seat selection. So we we will come back to nine and ten in a minute there's there's a lot of work going on but we can be productive while that work is happening so we're going to go on to chamber seat selection number eleven. When Sectarian Cornwell. Hey and members what while I have all your attention I want to make sure that that we were clear on one thing. All the trades you only if there are two Democrats you only need to minority leader signature if there is a Democrat and a Republican then you need both the majority and minority leader signature that's the my interpretation of that rule it is there it is anyone feel that that that needs further discussion. Senator Mark Johnson you're recognized. Mr president my understanding was in that scenario you say it would be the leader of whichever party you are in and the protein signature is that not correct correct whatever party or and the protein signature that try but not minimum of two signatures that maximum but if for example is a Republican I would not need to minority leader signature or for example Senator Tucker would not need Jordan later signature that's correct okay thank you Sir and Steve what may we need to clean that up that's your interpretation okay. Okay so go to tab eight in your book. And members again we are just skipping over not not skipping over there some more work going on a nine and ten but while that's going on we're going to be productive so go to tab eight four seat selections. And on this So that possession is low so if you're a current center and you're sitting in a seat it cannot be taken from you. All right Sir. Sixty four well when you're at. Since Chesterfield you state your move. Senate Chesterville status. Senator flowers. Senator flowers stays. Senator Irvin. Senator Irvin states Senator Dismang. Senator Dismang states centre Caldwell. Senator Caldwell Stacey's Senator English. Senator English signs Senator Stubblefield. Senator Stubblefield status Senator Hickey. Senator Hickey remains to Rapert. So that's the one next Irvin on your little my acting put his name there. And that opens his see scratches ninety four it's on your mind. Hester. Next call. Hester takes a sample C.. So I had Hester. To the blank one next to Caldwell inscrite Chester's nine where he wants. Flippo. Flippo states rice. Rice stays. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson stays Wallace Wallace status Davis. Davis status Health. Health status Mark Johnson. Okay mark Johnson is changing to the one next to where Hester Wallace the Committee C. it's for for. Senate senator Johnson's is open. What. Okay. Leding. Leding states. Hammer. Hammer status Sullivan. This may be one C. K.. Sullivan is moving to Hester's I will see. Naphthol eleven is open. Tucker. Senator Tucker will take centre garner's. Our state which is. Bye for Senator stones sitting. Next to Davis. Some apps Tucker says open. Gilmore. The. Gilmore is moving to teach on the other side of Davis. MacGill Morse's. King. King is going the same Ballinger so safe which is next to bless. Murdock Murdock is staying in what wise Ingram's state. Mickey. Okay my keys taking Senator Pitsch is the old seat. Next to Senator Blake Johnson. Penzo. It is open. Hickes is open on the end there. What. Hickes is open. Sullivan said he was taking Hester's but he's walking back. Low. Okay yeah okay Sullivan will be in Hickey's. And Penzo will be in Hester's. Boyd. Well it. That comes okay center before it will be. What is that one right next Beckham is next to aw. Hammer. Petty. So. Senator Mark Johnson has opened a centre Solomons is open. Those two were open. Yeah I'll. You don't any of those three. Elliott is open Hendren says open. Elliott okay. And he's going into Elliots. Brian. Brian. Okay. Right going to hindrance. Call. Carl is going to Gilmore's. Staff. Okay he's going to Senator Mark Johnson C.. Staff. These. But. First. But yes okay days in the blades of. Thanks which was the next to hindrance. How. Well yeah but. Page. Okay Payton mavens Sullivan. Love. To which one Tucker Tucker so sorry okay. Dotson. Hester Sturch Sturch is some states will be Dotson. Thank Clark. Your state. Okay okay. Chamber selection is complete will move on the item twelve office locations selection that will be number nine. Tabb number nine. Secretary core well when you're ready. Chesterfield. What what what Senator Hickey. From. Here are. Yeah. Yeah. What office numbers and. His name so to Senator Hickey as pro tem has chosen to move to senator Bledsoe sold office. Two seventy two seventy four eighty two seventy four a. to see fourteen well that's for sure. Okay Senator Chesterfield is going to be moving. From two seventy four H. that will now be open and she's moving into two seventy forty. Flowers. Flowers is staying. Irvine. Irving is stay. DISMANG. DISMANG stay. Caldwell. Irving St Dismang St. Now we're Caldwell. Caldwell is staying. English. English is staying. Stubblefield. The is stay. Hickey has already moved testers. Major Flippo. Flippo is moving to two of five a. And to all five I was Rapert told offices. Okay. So now. Two seventy four F. is open. Rice. Rice is staying. Blake Johnson. Three oh five. Blake Johnson. He's maybe in the Teague our office. Three oh five. So that makes four oh nine on the fourth floor ET. Johnson is moving out of four oh five. Four nine I'm sorry yeah. So that once open. Wallace. Wallace. Wallace state. Davis. Davis is staying. Hello. Report. Three three. Six. Hill is moving to three of six which was samples own office. So now for ten is open along with four oh nine. Mark Johnson. I Mark Johnson status. Leding. Leding is moving to. Which one four two six four oh six. So he's moving out of four oh seven. In the four oh six. Hammer. Hammer status. Sullivan. Or Sullivan is moving into four oh nine. Four or five okay. And he wants where one. Four one is now open. Tucker. Okay. Tucker is moving to three fourteen. Having yeah three of fourteen cents so your. Say. So now for twelve resentment. Gilmore. Gilmore is going into two seventy four H.. He's moving out of four oh two. King. Seventy four have kings moving into two seventy four F.. Murdock. Murdock moving into for twelve. Mickey. The key is moving to two seventy. Or which one the. We twenty seven forty that's. moved into seventy four eighty. The. Two seventy four day is Mickey that was pictures of Office. Okay to two seventy four D. is McKee. Penzo. Four oh seven will be Penzo. Boyd. Boyd is maybe one to two hours five. D.. Petty. Yeah. Petty is moving into two oh five he. Bryant. Bryant is maybe it's two seventy four C.. Kroll. Four four ten Kroll. Four oh eight Stan. These. Two seven G. two seven four G. that's Clark you can kick him out of an off. On the fourth floor you've got to four nine still open. And four hundred. Four hundred. Davis is going to four hundred that was Beckham saw. Hi. Page. Four oh nine is paid. What. Five four one is open for two is open. It's on fourth floor. Four oh one. Is of. Is that right for everyone. Four one. So Dotson gets for to. Clark. You'll be state. Sorry. Make sure I've got you down right. Okay third floor Hester pro tem. Then you've got Davis three oh three flowers three oh four. Blake Johnson three oh five. Health three oh six English three I was seven. And Tucker is three fourteen C.. We go to the second floor. We've got Hickey two seventy four Hey. Mark Johnson two seventy four baby. Brian to seventy four C.. The key to seventy four D.. Chesterfield to seventy four E.. King two seventy four F.. Clark two seventy four G.. Gilmore two seventy four H.. On the other side we've got two oh five Hey Flippo. Two oh five bay is rice two oh five CS Hammer. Two oh five D. is void. Two oh five he is Petty. The more. Four hundred is dis. Four oh one is love. For two is Dobson. Four three is Stubblefield. Four four is Caldwell. Four oh five The Sullivan. Four oh six is leading. Four oh seven is Penzo. Four eight is down. Four oh nine is Payton. For ten is crawl. Four eleven is Irvin. For twelve is Murdock. For fourteen is Wallace. And Senator Dismang is staying in one seventy one. Senator Chesterfield you're recognized for point of personal privilege. Thank you Mr chairman ladies and gentlemen of the Senate. I am a member for the first time of the fourth congressional caucus. And it was so interesting to be a part of the caucus because both senator flowers and I have restoring a one and two. In seniority. But in my caucus they decided that that didn't matter and let's eliminate any black representation. Let's make sure that only white people serve in the fourth congressional district and that's exactly what they did and that is what is causing difficulty today in the democratic caucus determining whether or not our home it will be that will serve as their cheer or the minority whip and their minority leader is been presented to both of us both senator flowers and I. We've come up to a time in America where we have gone through enough jim Kroll not to make it go down way I'll. We've we've suffered the indignities of racism. We have suffered the indignities of sexism. And misogyny and it doesn't go down we'll. So I didn't want to go gently into this good night without saying how disappointing ET is that the voices of diversity means nothing in this body. And certainly not in the fourth congressional district I don't know who my caucus is going to choose from minority leader or minority whip. I'm going to leave it to young people because I've earned the right to be on council by my service here but obviously that is not appreciated in this body and that's fine. Because I've been in worse places I've been called upon to desegregate institutions and all of that and I've done it but I'm not prepared to be a token. And I'm not prepared to accept the fact that individuals with whom I have worked. Rossii. I have decided to engage in rank racism in their decision making thank you Mr. The Secretary well we're I think we are ready to move on to number thirteen session parking space selection. You have a map. State. What they're saying why dancing already. Thank you you can either stay or move. December tenth two. Because the state didn't have a member yet but. You say that you want your senate those are empty spots. And I'll tell. What what what is your turn to page if you were to come up here B. standing when it's your turn or very close your turn you can look at just pay. Yeah it members it's just like an office you can possession is low so if it's got a senator's name on it you can't take it. Or there's not a lot of difference between the sponsors this autumn moved pretty quick. A. Just. This would. Okay. No one can move somebody out of their spot just like the offices but you can move Senator Chesterfield do you want to stay or move from where you're parking. Senator Chesterfield is going to stay. Senator flowers. Yes. Senator Irvin. Your. You got that. This is my. Thank. This. At. English. Thank you. This. Rice. Right. Like Johnson. Blake Johnson. Are you gonna start. Yes. Okay. March. This. Davis. You're saying okay. March. Mark Johnson. Leding. State. One that's just right for your. Sullivan. Two. Are you. Did not. We pretty much. I thought. These. Yes. Okay. Announcements which amount. Right. Thank you. Okay members if you will take your seats I think or down to I think we're down to just one more people person so members will come in. We we're going to We're gonna go back to. We're on thirty five six. On council or audit. Our budget. So. Okay we're going to read off budget first and if you're on. Okay we're going to we're going to do A. L. C. first if your name is called please go to the quiet room quickly are it's getting late so if your name is called for council please go to the quiet room quickly we're gonna pick the chair. One members Flippo Irving Sullivan Murdock. District two members English Mark Johnson Hammer and Tucker. District three. King. Penzo. Boyd and petty. District four. Stubblefield Davis Gilmore the key. A I guess it's appropriate that the minority leader will be Greg Leding and the minority whip will be senator Chesterfield so they by ex officio are on. A. L. C.. So in wood with the ex officio members go back now as well so that would be Hickey and Caldwell so if you're an ex officio you should know what. Right. This is that this one has to have the. Now it will be the pro tem. Immediate past pro tem. Coaches are marvelous art picture the past co chair of council. The past co chair of audit. The Majority Leader of majority for it minority leader minority whip. I was elected chair of A. L. C.. So. We're gonna hold on the vice chair of a LC for now. Secretary Cornwell will you announce those on audit if you're on audit please go to the choir room. Audit. First district Murdock Irving Sullivan Flippo second district Payton English Mark Johnson Hammer. Third district. Bryant Penzo Petty Dotson. Four six three. Roll stone Clarke in Chesterfield. The ex officio members the past chair of audit. And the Chair of council which would you set and that Senator Rice belief. Thank you didn't think he's the leader. Leader Chesterfield with. Senator Wallace is the chair of the audit and we will hold on the vice chair at this time Senator Cooper secretary Cornwell I'd like to move on to Adam ten fuel announced the members we will meet in the quiet room. I'm home budget. Let me find that first. One of the quiet room if you're a member of the budget budget members are by seniority first districts Senator Irvin center Caldwell Senator Flippo Senator Blake Johnson senator Wallace in center hill. Second district. Senator Dismang Senator English Senator Mark Johnson Senator Hammer Senator Tucker in center Payton. Third district. Senator Hester Senator Leding senator Bryant center void center Penzo in center Petty. The fourth district. Senator Chesterfield Senator flowers Senator Stubblefield state senator Hickey Senator Rice as senator Davis. So senator Senator Dismang was elected chair of the budget. And we will hold on the vice chair until orientation meeting. They will get paid members. Members of a in the Senate we have senate coins you have to pay for them you can use campaign funds to pay form but you need to make that order today if possible that have to be today but we're trying to get the water filled so we can get a more noble here first they'll be here for session so there's a sample of them. The what tab eleven if you look at tab eleven. It's a picture. About the queen looks like. And if you wanna make your order. That would be. Great. A and I'm just about to announce Committee cherry tree don't let me get a hands. Make sure they're all done. Okay I'm going to announce the I'm gonna announce the Committee cherries. Okay we have an actual point up here if you want to come see it I'm going to announce the Committee trades. The Committee. Okay the first trade. Senator Hester. Trades education. To to Senator Dotson for judiciary so Hester to you to do just sharing Dotson to education. Yes. So move Hester to do get Judiciary year. Judiciary Dotson to education. Wait on the. Yes Hester to the judiciary. Second one Senator English. To transportation. Bryant to city county local. English the transportation Bryant to city county local. Okay this next one's kind of a. Bride to city county local. The next one dismaying to transportation stones to education. To remove Dismang from education. Okay and the next one will be. Dismang the revenue tax hill to try. Transportation. So this is really just three swaps. This is my. I tried when a. Dismaying will end up in Revenue and Tax. Stone will end up in education. And Ricky Hill will end up on transportation. Stoned Education Dismang the revenue tax bill to transportation. Are there any other trades that I'm not aware of. Any other trades. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Member members again please come up with the coin and make your order please come up and look at the coin and make your order. No. Thank you all for your patience in that concluded a. Health. Our members are business is concluded if you want to go look at the dorms if you want to look at the available dorms come see me we're about to go over there now are that their date thank you. That's when.